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| A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling Among Elderly People Living in the Community |
| Mary E. Tinetti; Dorothy I. Baker, Ph.D., R.N., C.S.; Gail McAvay, M.S.; Elizabeth B. Claus, Ph.D.; Patricia Garrett, M.H.S., R.N.-C.; Margaret Gottschalk, P.T.; Marie L. Koch, M.S., P.T., Kathryn Trainor, M.S.; Ralph I. Horwitz, M.D. |
| The Cost-Effectiveness of a Multifactorial Targeted Prevention Program for Falls Among Community Elderly Persons |
| John A. Rizzo, Ph.D.; Dorothy I. Baker, Ph.D., R.N., C.S.; Gail McAvay, M.S.; Mary E. Tinetti, M.D. Medical Care. 34(9):954-969,1996 SEP. |
| Predictors and Prognosis of Inability to Get Up After Falls Among Elderly Persons |
| Mary E. Tinetti, M.D.; Wen-Liang Liu, MPH; Elizabeth B. Claus, Ph.D. Journal of the American Medical Association. 269(1):65-70, 1993 JAN. 6 |
| Falls, Injuries Due to Falls, and the Risk of Admission to a Nursing Home |
| Mary E. Tinetti, M.D. and Christianna S. Williams, M.P.H. New England Journal of Medicine. 337(18):1279-84, 1997 OCT. 30 |
| Risk of Falls After Hospital Discharge |
| Jane Mahoney, M.D.; Mark Sager; Nancy Cross Dunham; Jill Johnson Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 42(3):269-274, 1994 MAR. |
| A Randomized Trial of A Consultation Service to Reduce Falls in Nursing Homes |
| WA Ray; JA Taylor; KG Meador, PB Thapa, AK Brown, HK Kajihara, C Davis, P Gideon and MR Griffin Journal of the American Medical Association. August 20, 1997;278(7), pp. 557-562 |
| Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons |
| American Geriatrics Society Panel on Fall Prevention Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 49:664-672, 2001 |
| Multifocal Glasses Impair Edge-Contrast Sensitivity and Depth Perception and Increase the Risk of Falls in Older People |
| Steven R. Lord, PhD, Julia Dayhew, B App Sc, and Amelia Howland, BSc Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 50:1760-1766, 2002 |
| Preventing Falls in Elderly Persons |
| Mary E. Tinetti, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 348(1):42-49, 2003 JAN 2 |
| Interventions for Preventing Falls in Elderly People |
| Gillespie LD, Gillespie WJ, Robertson MC, Lamb SE, Cumming RG, Rowe BH The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD000340. DOI: 10.1002/14651858. CD000340. |
| The Relationship Between Number of Medications and Weight Loss or Impaired Balance in Older Adults |
| Joseph V. Agostini, M.D.; Ling Hand, M.D., M.Sc.; Mary E. Tinetti, M.D. |
| Fall-Risk Assessment and Management in Clinical Practice: Views From Healthcare Providers |
| Richard H. Fortinsky, Ph.D.; Michele Iannuzzi-Sucich, M.D.; Dorothy I. Baker, PhD.; Margaret Gottschalk, P.T., M.S.; Mary B. King, M.D.; Cynthia Brown, M.D.; Mary E. Tinetti, M.D. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 52(9):1552-1526, 2004 SEP. |
| Changes in Physical Therapy Providers' Use of Fall Prevention Strategies Following a Multicomponent Behavioral Change Intervention |
| Cynthia J Brown, M.D.; Margaret Gottschalk, P.T., M.S.; Peter H. Van Ness, Ph.D.; Richard H. Fortinsky, Ph.D.; Mary E. Tinetti, M.D. Physical Therapy 2005 May; 85(5):394-403. |
| Dissemination of an Evidence-Based Multicomponent Fall Risk-Assessment and Management Strategy Throughout a Geographic Area |
Dorothy I. Baker, Ph.D., R.N.C.S.; Mary B. King, M.D.; Richard H. Fortinsky, Ph.D.; Louis G. Graff, IV, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.C.P.; Margaret Gottschalk, P.T., M.S.; Denise Acampora, M.P.H.; Jeanette Preston, M.D., M.P.H.; Cynthia J. Brown, M.D.; Mary E. Tinetti, M.D. |
| Perceptions of Physicians on the Barriers and Facilitators to Integrating Fall Risk Evaluation and Management into Practice |
William C. Chou, M.D.; Mary E. Tinetti, M.D.; Mary B. King, M.D.; Kevin Irwin, M.A.; Richard H. Fortinsky, Ph.D. |
| Geriatric Syndromes: Clinical, Research, and Policy Implications of a Core Geriatric Concept |
| Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, Stephanie Studenski, MD, Mary E. Tinetti, MD, and George A. Kuchel, MD |
| Scientific Progress in Geriatric Syndomres: Earning an "A" on the 2007 Report Card on Academic Geriatrics |
| William R. Hazzard, MD Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 2007; 55: 794-795 (Editorial). |
| Step by Step: Integrating Evidence-Based Fall-Risk Management Into Senior Centers |
| Dorothy I. Baker, PhD, RNCS, Margaret Gottschalk, PT, MS, and Luann M. Bianco, BA The Gerontologist, 2007; 47(4): 548-554 |
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The work of the Connecticut Collaboration for Fall Prevention is funded by the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation. |
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